Common Arts Foundation

The Foundation was established in 2021. Its overarching goal is to facilitate access to culture and art through exhibition, educational, publishing, and outreach activities, all based on open digital access. The Foundation’s mission is to provide free, unrestricted access—regardless of time and place—to the work of Polish artists and creators.

The Foundation’s work is built on two main pillars. The first and most important is the creation and open-access publication of collected catalogues of Polish artists’ works. The Foundation strives to publish complete catalogues raisonné in a freely accessible digital format.

The second pillar is exhibition activity, often grounded in the Founder’s private collection or other private art collections. The Foundation also organizes exhibitions addressing the most relevant themes and movements in contemporary art. It aims to alternate between shows focused on private collections and those featuring currently active artists. Additionally, the Foundation seeks to strengthen collaboration between collectors, institutions, museums, and galleries—inviting private galleries and institutions to co-organize exhibitions.

Since the opening of its gallery space in 2023, the Foundation has organized several exhibitions:
 – a show of 20th and 21st-century works from the collection of Jakub Mrówka;
– Edward Krasiński: I Lost the End, in collaboration with the Foksal Gallery Foundation;
– an exhibition of Iza Tarasewicz, in partnership with Gunia Nowik Gallery;
– and a presentation of works by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, featuring pieces from private Polish collections.

Currently on view is Monika Drożyńska's exhibition 24,20. During Warsaw Gallery Weekend, the Foundation will open a solo exhibition of Mirosław Bałka, organized in collaboration with Galerie Nordenhake (Stockholm, Berlin, Mexico City).